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This came up in a game I just played. And please, may I have the sections for the rules so we know we're doing things correctly. I have the electronic versions, so page numbers don't help me a whole lot

First my Mawloc was in assault. At the end of my opponent's assault phase, I Hit & Run, made the Init roll and picked a direction. Then I rolled the 3d6. This put me in a situation where I would land within 1" of an enemy model. However, if I rotated the Mawloc, I would not be within 1". We weren't sure if rotating would be legal after the Hit & Run movement.

Second, for Terror from the Deep. If the Mawloc lands on a unit, how do I place the large blast? The wording "place the large blast marker directly over the spot the Mawloc is deep striking onto" is the part in question we weren't sure about. Does the Mawloc need to be fully under the Large Blast? Directly centered under the large blast? Just partially under the blast?

Thanks!

1. For anything that is not a vehicle, facing does not matter. When moving a non-vehicle model, the restriction is that any point on its base cannot be farther away than the legal distance. So if you rolled 10", then a point on its base cannot be further away from its starting point than 10".
Since there's no rule governing how you rotate the model, and since you are allowed to rotate the model, it should be fine.

2. After resolving the large blast hits, the Mawloc's base should be centered exactly where the blast hole was. How the Mawloc is rotated is up to the controlling player.

Mawlocs can turn and do whatever the hell they please since they are technically infantry.

Remember all moves are up to. If 11" would put you into a unit, but 9" wouldn't, you can move 9".

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Remember all moves are up to. If 11" would put you into a unit, but 9" wouldn't, you can move 9".

The OP is referring to Hit & Run. Which includes a compulsory movement but also covers (In the H&R rule) what happens if you reach an enemy Unit....

 Elric Greywolf wrote:
1. For anything that is not a vehicle, facing does not matter. When moving a non-vehicle model, the restriction is that any point on its base cannot be farther away than the legal distance. So if you rolled 10", then a point on its base cannot be further away from its starting point than 10".
Since there's no rule governing how you rotate the model, and since you are allowed to rotate the model, it should be fine.

Thanks. For clarification, I wasn't trying to gain any distance. I had rolled 8", which without rotating, wasn't far enough to be 1" away from enemy models, but with rotating (and not having the base further than 8" from it's starting spot) would have allowed me to Hit & Run.


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A follow-up and something that I need to lookup as I am away from my book atm. But I thought there was wording in the infantry movement section that said that no part of the base can move further than 6". How does that interact here with rotating after a successful Hit & Run? If the oval base rotates, then some part of it will move further than the Hit & Run distance, and some of it will move less than the Hit & Run distance.